Holding(s) in Company

BATM Advanced Communications Ld
16 April 2007



TR-1(i): NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which
voting rights are attached (ii):

BATM Advanced Communications

2. Reason for the notification (please place an X inside the appropriate bracket
/s):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights: ( )

An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the
acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached: ( )

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights: ( )

Other (please specify) : ( X )
.................

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation (iii):
Gartmore Investment Limited

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.) (iv):
Gartmore Fund Managers Ltd A/C Gartmore UK & Irish Smaller Companies 4.750%;
Strathclyde Pension Fund 3.057%

5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or
reached if different) (v):
.................

6. Date on which issuer notified:
19 March 2007

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:
Below 5%

8. Notified details:
.................

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares if  Situation previous to the Triggering transaction (vi)
possible using the ISIN
CODE
                         Number of shares    Number of voting Rights (viii)

IL0010849045                                 9%

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (vii)

Class/type of shares if     Number of    Number of voting    % of voting
possible using the ISIN     shares       rights (ix)         rights
CODE
                            Direct       Direct Indirect     Direct   Indirect
                                         (x)    (xi)
         
                            38,498,017          38,498,017            9.879%

B: Financial Instruments
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction (xii)

Type of      Expiration   Exercise/         Number of voting rights that may      % of
financial    Date         Conversion        be acquired if the instrument is      voting
instrument   (xiii)       Period/ Date      exercised/ converted.                 rights
                          (xiv)

Total (A+B)
Number of voting rights                      % of voting rights
                                
38,498,017                                   9.879%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the
financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable (xv):
.................

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:
.................

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
.................

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
.................

13. Additional information:
.................

14. Contact name:
Ofer Bar-Ner, Finance Director

15. Contact telephone number:
[phone]



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